Coleman

Skydome Screen Room Tent: 4-Person 3-Season

Nice tent but not really for big or tall persons

First of all, I am 6ft 2inches and mid to upper 50's and have done hard manually labor for employment most my adult life. So, my joints and back have some miles on them. I found the entrance was too short 4ft 6in I believe. I had to get down on my hands and knees to get in and out of the tent. In the sleeping area the was enough room for my Coleman Tritech Air Mattress Queen 22” mattress. But there was less then 2ft or less room left over on one side and had to leave the inner door open to be able to get in and out of bed. The screen area is only big enough for storage not big enough to put a chair in and sit there. I will admit with most the windows covered up with the rainfly it was a little stuffy in there. So if your close to 6ft or more or don't like to get down on your hands and knees and crawl in or out of the tent would not recommend it. But for kids or shorter persons it would be a good tent for them. As far as putting it up even doing it myself was really easy and had no problems.

Great tent for the money.

Great tent for car/campground camping (or strong hikers). Roomy inside w/ vertical walls. Screen porch with zip rain doors provide a "tent and a half". Dark room feature allows sleeping in and early bedtime, if desired.

Pretty much perfect

Exactly what I wanted at a great price. Roomy, easy to set up, and dark and cool as the sun rose.

Pretty good tent

Familiarity:

I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions

Size Bought:

4 person

I just got to test this tent this weekend on a typical cold, rainy Pennsylvania day. The tent kept me dry through a day and night of rain. I awoke in the morning to to a nice dusting of snow, and the tent handled it all just fine. I purchased it because I wanted a tent with a screened in porch area. There is just enough room to sit on the porch on a regular camp chair. Two people would be a little tight but it would be doable. I didn’t try it with the covers zipped down on the screens to see how much rain got in, but I didn’t notice a bunch of rain running in between the screens and the covers. I didn’t care for the way the poles are attached to the tent permanently. I think it’s a goofy idea that makes it very difficult to prepare the tent for compact transport and storage. Plus, I can’t just hang the tent up to dry very well. Lastly, the fly lays against the screens on the sides and back of the tent, so in the summer? No breeze and no ventilation. Again, goofy. I will apply adhesive cloth repair parches to reinforce the fly in those areas and use clips and guy lines to pull the fly out. Overall, I think I will like this tent for summer camping.